New Zealand Cricket (Inc.) Annual Report

LEADERSHIP08The results of this tournament confirmed Australia’s continuingdominance and that England, India and the White Ferns are at aboutthe same level, below Australia but ahead of the others.The year saw a great deal of progress made on the implementation ofthe NZC strategic plan, Pushing the Boundaries.During the next 12 months the management and staff of NZC willcontinue to “push the boundaries” in all aspects of their work toensure that cricket in New Zealand continues to be vibrant andhealthy and remains our summer game.International Cricket CouncilThe International Cricket Council (ICC) voted to move itsheadquarters from Lord’s to Dubai. The commercial arm of the ICC,based in Monaco, is also to move with the transfer to be completedby August 2005.The annual ICC conference will continue to be held at Lord’s.Representatives from NZC were involved in a number of ICC meetingsduring the year and contributed strongly to policy debate.New Zealand Cricket BoardThere were no changes to the Board during the year in review.Heritage of CricketNZC is proud to continue its support of the New Zealand CricketMuseum. NZC has an objective, under its strategic plan, to preserveand promote the history of cricket and its relationship with andsupport of the New Zealand Cricket Museum is an important part ofpromoting and preserving the traditions and heritage of the game.The New Zealand Cricket Museum, located at the Basin Reserve,archives cricket memorabilia detailing the history of the game in NewZealand and internationally, and attracts up to 3,000 visitors per year.During the year the museum established its own web page on theNZC website and published several high quality newsletters whichwere distributed through the Major Associations to help improvepublic awareness of the museum.A significant development in 2004/05 was the establishment of amuseum shop. The entrance profile to the museum has beenconsiderably lifted by this development and the shop has a clearlydefined presence which is already assisting in raising revenue streams.The museum mounted three new displays in 2004/05, including ashowcase on New Zealand cricket in the 1950s and 1960s, a display onAustralia vs New Zealand Test highlights and one on the 2004BLACKCAPS.Twenty education groups visited the museum during the yearincluding primary, intermediate, secondary and tertiary students aswell as visits from marketing groups and Wellington Tourism.The museum’s first ever public programme was established and willnow be instituted as an annual event in April each year. The twopresentations in 2004/05 were by Greg Ryan, on New Zealand cricketin the 19th century and Don Neely, who gave a presentation on thehistory of Lancaster Park.A significant number of cricket treasures and archive material weregifted to the museum throughout the year including photographs,costumes, textiles, porcelain, ceramics, paper and book collections.The museum received a 100% overall visitor satisfaction rating in2004/05.